It's like the boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure, the gorillas were all circling him getting excited. One gorilla protected him though. can't say the same about lions, evil things.

hardly evil its just their nature. very sad must have been so painful for the poor girl..her grandmother shouldn't have told her to get that close but how did she even get that close and surely the cages and surroundings need looking into if this can happen

hardly evil its just their nature. very sad must have been so painful for the poor girl..her grandmother shouldn't have told her to get that close but how did she even get that close and surely the cages and surroundings need looking into if this can happen

Nature or not they are vicious, i don't like lions and don't like sharks. I went off lions when i saw them attack an elephant.
Saying that though the lions reunion has always made me cry.
(diff versions can be seen on you tube)

Such a tragic thing to happen. Especially as it was a preventable accident, she should never have been allowed to get so close to the cage. At the end of the day it is a wild predator and the lioness has done what nature has engineered her to do. Many will say she should be destroyed but she has done what is natural to her, even if it is seen as wrong by humans. Although it is too late to prevent this poor child the suffering she has endured and will continue to go through people may be more careful with wild animals.

Nature or not they are vicious, i don't like lions and don't like sharks. I went off lions when i saw them attack an elephant.
Saying that though the lions reunion has always made me cry.
(diff versions can be seen on you tube)

Ask me, Humans are way more vicious!!! To the lion that little girl was probably just dinner.. it's completely natural for them to act the way the lioness did. They are certainly not evil.

What a stupid stupid grandparent!! It says "After the child walked behind the outer fence, the lioness grabbed her through the cage bars at Tambov Zoo in southern Russia, pulling her inside, said witnesses." - so her grandparent ACTUALLY ALLOWED HER TO BEHIND THE OUTER FENCE

Its not the lions fault nor the zoos, its that stupid grandmother and I hope she can never live with herself for what she has done!

I couldn't believe it when my dad was like 'do you and Tom want your photo taking with it?' he said my step-sister had hers done last year (she's 6).

I was like.. no, because I like our faces thanks

poor things probably had their claws removed and were drugged to keep them docile

The fact that this lion was in a cage, not even an enclosure, but a cage is just crazy and the bars are wide, not even mesh to prevent this happening. Zoos like this should be shut down and the animals moved to somewhere that will give them a better environment to live in.

It's like the boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure, the gorillas were all circling him getting excited. One gorilla protected him though. can't say the same about lions, evil things.

evil?

they are wild animals..imo evil only applies to human beings!, by the looks of it kept in a tiny cage too. the thing that failed the poor little girl was attitudes like this...

'The lioness has been in our zoo for two years. She is so sweet, everybody could stroke her. She has never been aggressive,' said a keeper.

i mean how stupid can they get?? they keep a wild animal in a cage and let people pet it???? then wonder why it snapped and took a small child?? which btw lions tend to do...pick off the young and vulnerable instead of the adults who can fight back.

i blame the granparents for allowing her to go that close regardless of what the keeper said about her being sweet lion and able to be petted its a wild animal it will do what is natural to it pick of young and vunerable

as an adult id be daft enough to go close and try it stupidity on me but i would never allow my children to go anywhere near

the lioness has her paws out of the cage in the pic so obviously she can get them through with ease why hadnt zoo thought of that and put something else in place?and i hate to think what the outer enclosures like i know some zoos have the cage with a wild cat in and have a wooden rail around it which small children can walk under so young children could have the same happen when playing under it scary thought

I feel really sorry for that little girl BUT where the heck is some peoples common sence????? I would have thought that most people would realise what a lion is capable of and therefore not let a small child behind the outer safety fence to pose for a photo!!! Little kids are alwaysgoing to try and get that little bit closer to the animal, IMO the lion was doing what comes naturally either defending it's territory or as another post said picking off the young from the herd. The ones to blame here are the grandparents for being so stupid.

Also, lions are not evil. The only evil thing here are the humans who put wild creatures in cages.